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TexasTowelie

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Mon Sep 4, 2017, 10:52 PM Sep 2017

Rep. Frank Lucas receives backlash from residents at town hall

ENID, Okla. — Anger and disappointment toward the federal government "not getting anything done" were expressed by residents attending Congressman Frank Lucas' town hall meeting in Enid on Wednesday.

"It's been six months ... nothing's happened! You guys haven't gotten anything done. If you were a real business, a bunch of people would be fired for not getting things done," said one of the men in attendance. "Enough's enough. All this talk back, fighting, arguing, calling each other names. All this talk and nothing gets done. And both sides are guilty, the Republicans and the Democrats."

One of his questions was what Lucas' point-by-point plan was to eliminate the deficit.

"I think the model we used in the 1990s is the way to get there," Lucas said, mentioning stabilizing the regulatory environment, providing tax relief and more, during the town hall at Northern Oklahoma College Enid's Gantz Center.

Read more: http://www.enidnews.com/news/state/lucas-receives-backlash-from-residents-at-town-hall/article_a0699116-bf85-5ef6-808a-0971df7dc0d8.html

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Rep. Frank Lucas receives backlash from residents at town hall (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
I believe the model in the 1990's PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. I believe the model in the 1990's
Mon Sep 4, 2017, 11:30 PM
Sep 2017

keeping in mind that Bill Clinton was President most of that decade, was to increase regulation and raise taxes. I'm going from memory, without bothering to look anything up. Might there also have been more infrastructure things happening?

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